Blood Orange

Vampire Weekend lead singer Ezra Koenig is further flexing his creative muscle with his latest venture. Koenig as Creator, writer and executive producer, along with writer/executive producer Nick Weidenfeld and his Friends Night banner and executive producer Hend Baghdady present Neo Yokio, their new animated series for Netflix.

The Meadows Music and Arts Festival is coming in strong for its second year, with a lineup that has Jay Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Gorillaz as the headliners. Taking place September 15-17 at Citi Field in Queens, New York, the fest will also see performances from Nas, Run the Jewels, Future, Weezer, Migos, Action Bronson, LL Cool J, Erykah Badu, Blood Orange, Broken Social Scene, Big Boi, TV on the Radio, Joey Bada$$, Sleigh Bells, A-Trak, Foster the People, Ghostface Killah, De La Soul, and more.

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The man behind Blood Orange, Dev Hynes, has announced his new band with Bryndon Cook (Starchild & the New Romantic), VeilHymn. Their debut track is the soulful “Hymn,” which is a promising preview of what sounds the band will be offering with their new project.

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Pitchfork Music Festival took place over the weekend and it was another fine edition of the annual fest. We saw all the dope sets on our checklist, and then we added some more to round out the whole experience. Needless to say, all three days played out like one big highlight reel, with performance after performance more than delivering on our expectations! Lowkey, you’ll find that the majority of these were on that original must-see list, but I take that more as a testament to how good we pick ’em 😉.

So check below to find out our picks for the dopest sets of #p4kfest 2016. Continue Reading

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Day 2 of the 2016 edition of the Pitchfork Music Festival is in the books now, with another collection of fine musicians on three stages putting their talents on full display. Today we got to see performances from BJ The Chicago Kid, Blood Orange, Super Furry Animals, Beach Boy mastermind Brian Wilson, current pick for best-of-the-fest Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, and headliner Sufjan Stevens.

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We’re just days away from the 2016 edition of Pitchfork Music Festival and with that comes the debate of who to see during the weekend for a prime musical experience. The POD team will be present at the fest so we’ve had to wrack our brains to choose the right acts to see and we’ve compiled our thoughts into the list you see below.

The 2016 Pitchfork Music Festival will be taking place this forthcoming Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17 at Chicago’s Union Park. We’re a month away from the festivities and to gear up today we’ve received this year’s schedule.

Three-day passes are still available for $165 and single day passes for Friday and Saturday are available for $65. The final batch of Saturday single day passes have now been released. Check out the full schedule below. Continue Reading

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The trailer for a new thriller titled Blood Orange has been released. The film was directed by Tony Tobias and it stars Punk icon Iggy Pop. The man behind “The Passenger” plays Billy, a slowly dying and half-blind rock star who stays in a Spanish villa with his gorgeous, young wife Isabelle (Kacey Barnfield), where they have to face her ex lover who’s looking for revenge.

Conan was given the task of exclusively announcing the lineup for the 2016 edition of Bonnaroo. Some of the lineup had already leaked last week but now we get confirmation for the acts hitting Manchester, TN from June 9-12. The headliners are Pearl Jam, Dead & Company (performing 2 sets, and LCD Soundsystem. Among the other performers that will play the festival are Tame Impala, J. Cole, Chvrches, Miguel, HAIM, Father John Misty, Band Of Horses, Purity Ring, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Blood Orange, Vince Staples, Fidlar, Natalie Prass, and Twin Peaks.

The comedians lineup is also quite good with Judd Apatow & Friends, Adam Devine (Workaholics), and a “Goddamn Comedy Jam” too.

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Dev Hynes, b.k.a. Blood Orange today delivered “Delancey,” his first new release since 2013. It’s a great little synth pop number with an incredible “hum-able” aesthetic and the strings make it seem almost operatic.

Last night saw the return of Julian Casablancas’ return to his hometown of New York to perform at the Hammerstein Ballroom with new band The Voidz. The opener that night was Dev Hynes (AKA Blood Orange) and while that lineup was cool enough, things only got better during the JC and The Voidz’s set as they brought out Hynes to perform The Strokes’ “You Only Live Once” together.

The result was a thing of beauty with the song having a bit of a warmer twist after peeling off the signature guitar riff and only playing it sparsely, making way for Hynes’ vocals. The other thing that made this collaboration so dope was how Julian Casablancas incorporated lyrics from the demo version of this song, “I’ll Try Anything Once,” into the chorus, trading lines with Hynes as he sang the “YOLO” lyrics.

The Strokes back! This year’s inclusion of The Strokes on the Governors Ball lineup was a major surprise some months ago, but with a gig at the Capital Theatre and now FYF Fest 2014, it looks like the iconic NY band will be making their highly-anticipated return sooner rather than later.

As far as the rest of the lineup for this LA festival (August 23-24) goes, there are plenty of other big names to be excited about like Phoenix, HAIM, Earl Sweatshirt, Mac DeMarco and our up-and-coming guys, Twin Peaks. Other notable names on this list are Interpol, Run The Jewels, Blood Orange and solo sets from Strokes members Julian Casablancas and Albert Hammond, Jr.

See the official poster with the daily breakdown of the full lineup above and get tickets/more info here.